Topic: Simulation in Obstetric Anesthesia
This presentation will briefly outline the history of simulation in medicine and discuss why simulation-based training is particularly suited to obstetric anesthesia. It will also review several studies that examined the effectiveness of simulation-based methods in trainee education and patient outcomes.
Presenter: Joseph (Brad) Bavaro, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University of Feinberg School of Medicine
Articles for Discussion:

• Marynen F, Van Gerven E, Van de Velde M. Simulation in obstetric anesthesia: an update. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2020 Jun;33(3):272-276. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000874. PMID: 32371644.
• Ortner CM, Richebé P, Bollag LA, Ross BK, Landau R. Repeated simulation-based training for performing general anesthesia for emergency cesarean delivery: long-term retention and recurring mistakes. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2014 Nov;23(4):341-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2014.04.008. Epub 2014 May 4. PMID: 25066817.
• Balki M, Cooke ME, Dunington S, Salman A, Goldszmidt E. Unanticipated difficult airway in obstetric patients: development of a new algorithm for formative assessment in high-fidelity simulation. Anesthesiology. 2012 Oct;117(4):883-97. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31826903bd. PMID: 22890116.

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